His head was severed from his body. The soul discerped from the body.
source: WordNet 3.0
To separate, as one from another; to cut off from something; to divide; to part in any way, especially by violence, as by cutting, rending, etc.; as, to sever the head from the body.
source: Webster 1913
To suffer disjunction; to be parted, or rent asunder; to be separated; to part; to separate.
